Du Châtelet and Kant
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Beschreibung
This book offers the first full-length consideration of Émilie du Châtelet and Immanuel Kant. Connections between these two figures have thus far been neglected despite a recent surge of scholarly interest in Du Châtelet and her work. This book explores Kant’s direct engagement with Du Châtelet in his first published work and examines the extent to which Kant was influenced by key features of Du Châtelet’s work, such as her theory of space and time, her distinctive version of idealism, and her account of mathematical objects as partly dependent on our faculty of imagination. By putting these philosophers in dialogue on such topics as fire and subtle matter; the nature of causation; scientific hypotheses; the constitution of matter; mathematical truth; and time and change, this book becomes a must-read for those interested in the history and philosophy of science.
This book offers the first full-length consideration of Émilie du Châtelet and Immanuel Kant. Connections between these two figures have thus far been neglected despite a recent surge of scholarly interest in Du Châtelet and her work. This book explores Kant’s direct engagement with Du Châtelet in his first published work and examines the extent to which Kant was influenced by key features of Du Châtelet’s work, such as her theory of space and time, her distinctive version of idealism, and her account of mathematical objects as partly dependent on our faculty of imagination. By putting these philosophers in dialogue on such topics as fire and subtle matter; the nature of causation; scientific hypotheses; the constitution of matter; mathematical truth; and time and change, this book becomes a must-read for those interested in the history and philosophy of science.
Explores Kant's direct engagement with Du Châtelet in his first published work Examines the extent to which Kant was influenced by key features of Du Châtelet’s work Of interest to those interested in history and philosophy of science as well as female scientists
Autor*in
Ruth Edith Hagengruber
Themen in »Du Châtelet and Kant«
Kant's Transcendental Idealism Kant's Schematism Kant's Philosophy of Science Kant on Causation Du Châtelet on Causation Kant on Space and T`ime Du Châtelet on Space and Time Abstractionist Accounts of Mathematics Vis viva Dispute Scientific Explanation Scientific Understanding Persistence through Time Theories of Causation Laws of Nature Principle of Sufficient Reason